DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

HOW TOOLS SUCH AS A BOOK RAP CAN CREATE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

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CHANGES IN EDUCATION

Old school: • Teacher talk

• Teacher centred learning experiences

• Text book , linear

• Education was centred in the classroom context only, not open to global influences

• Little collaboration

Today: • Social networks rule! Social spaces online house

the most connected society ever in history – including that of the digital native…our young people

• Learning today is multi dimensional, learner centred and based on in integration of ICT skills and understandings

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WELCOME TO THE INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Education today is more accessible than ever before, however the evolution of social media and online communication formats is overwhelming. Students need skills to navigate this information highway effectively and critically and to design their own digital learning spaces and resources that help them acquire the knowledge they have identified.

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QUALITY LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

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DIGITAL INQUIRY, LITERACIES ETHICS AND VALUES

• Today students need ICT skills acquired in relevant ways to increase engagement and application to their contexts. Students must also learn the ethical implications of their interactions and how they create a digital footprint that once published, is their forever. Students must interact on line in a way that promotes positive digital citizenship and be taught in ways that these skills can be practiced.

• Copyright laws , intellectual property and ethical use of social media are attitudes, values and legislation that all our student need to be aware of and operate within.

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USING CURRICULUM • The New Australian History Curriculum for primary and secondary students is an example of how topics

of learning can be shaped into inquiry projects using ICT integration. Taking the theme of Australian history that runs between both documents, inquiry units can be made and elements explored in web 2.0 tools.

• This unit explores how these collaborative online tools can be used to create a Digital learning Environment and explore digital citizenship:

Symbaloo image: a curation tool that links in a variety of DLE tools

Book Raps in digital curriculum educationA Book Rap can help teach the following disciplines in a relevant context:

Ethical and responsible communications on a social platform

Allows students to curate and share resources and ideas

Teaches students how to adhere to copyright rules and regulations (attribution, plagiarism, intellectual property rights)

Teaches students how to reference resources

Teachers students to be critical and reflective learners of material and resources they find

Provides students a platform to use Web 2.0 tools including, linking resources, embedding multimedia and internet searching skills needed for projects and self directed learning

Provides a relevant content to promote inquiry learning skills engaging and creating further areas of investigation in set topics.

REFERENCES AND IMAGE CREDITSIMAGE CREDITS

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Jenettekingdotnet. (n.d) Inquiry learning process poster. Retrieved 12 April 2016 from https://jeanettekingdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/the-inquiry-process3.gif

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Technologyrocksseriously.com (n.d) T.H.I.N.K before you poster. Retrieved 12 April. 2016 from http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/search?q=think&x=0&y=0#.VxgYufl95D_

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References

Common sense Media (2016) Scope & Sequence: Common Sense K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum . Retrieved on 9 April 2016 from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence

Galileo Education Network (2014). Inquiry and digital technologies. Retrieved 10 April, 2016 from http://galileo.org/teachers/designing-learning/resources/inquiry-and-digital-technologies/

NSW Department of education and communities. (n.d) Digital Citizenship. Retrieved 9 April from http://www.digitalcitizenship.nsw.edu.au/Prim_Splash/index.htm